diff --git a/tools/trigger.py b/tools/trigger.py
index 0fd8b64..b3e09f2 100755
--- a/tools/trigger.py
+++ b/tools/trigger.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       'add',
       'r8/ci/%s' % SMALI_BOT,
       '-p',
-      '\'test_options=["--version", "%s"]\'' % version
+      'test_options=["--version", "%s"]' % version
   ]
   subprocess.check_call(cmd)